Drama · Japan · 1993 · 1h 40m

Dying at a Hospital

病院で死ぬということ

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Director
Jun Ichikawa
Cast
Ittoku Kishibe as Dr. Yamaoka Masayuki Shionoya as Toshio Noguchi Akira Yamanouchi as Kenji Kawamura Reiko Nanao as Haruyo Ikeda
Crew
Tatsuhiko Kobayashi — Director of Photography Yukio Watanabe — Editor Bun Itakura — Original Music Composer Jun Ichikawa — Screenplay Tetsuo Satonaka — Producer Shigeo Mano — Production Design
Tagline

For patients, nurses, doctors and all other people.

Synopsis

Filmed in a documentary style, six patients in six wards of different ages and circumstances await death at a hospital in Japan. The sterile and dismal environment is contrasted against the emotional being of the patients, their visitors and relatives and the outside world, which they will never again survey.

Key Collaborators
Jun Ichikawa Director Tatsuhiko Kobayashi Director of Photography Yukio Watanabe Editor Bun Itakura Original Music Composer Jun Ichikawa Screenplay Tetsuo Satonaka Producer Shigeo Mano Production Design
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